This officer married. Mar. 15, 1823, Matilda Ottley, youngest daughter of Rear-Admiral (now Sir William C.) Fahie. His lady died on the 27th of Sept. 1826.
GEORGE JAMES HOPE JOHNSTONE, Esq.
[Captain of 1827.]
Obtained the rank of Lieutenant, Oct 30, 1821; and subsequently served under Captains W. A. Montagu, H. E. P. Sturt, and Sir Charles Burrard, Bart., in the Phaeton frigate, and Revenge 78. He was appointed flag-lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Sir Harry Neale, G.C.B., Dec. 26, 1824; promoted to the command of the Alacrity sloop on the Mediterranean station, Sept. 17, 1825[1]; and advanced to the rank of Captain, July 8, 1827.
OCTAVIUS H. C. VENABLES VERNON, Esq.
[Captain of 1827.]
Is a son of the Right Hon. Edward Venables Vernon, D.C.L., Archbishop of York, Primate of England, &c. &c. &c.[2] He -was made a lieutenant, Jan. 11, 1814; appointed to the Amelia frigate, Captain the Hon. Granville Proby, fitting out for the Mediterranean station. Mar. 27, 1815; and to the Sir Francis Drake, flag-ship at Newfoundland, May 2, 1818; promoted to the command of the Drake sloop, Feb. 3, 1820; appointed to the Britomart of 10 guns, June 5, 1824; and removed from that vessel into the Primrose 18, on the Jamaica station. May 30, 1825. He subsequently visited Vera Cruz, Tampico, Havannah, New York, Washington, Philadelphia, and Baltimore; brought home the British Chargé d’affaires, and upwards of a million of dollars, from Mexico, in July, 1827; and was advanced to the rank of Captain, on the 7th of the following month.
